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June 13, 2015

Bought, Borrowed & Bagged [155]: The Martian

BB&B (Bought, Borrowed and Bagged) is a weekly meme, inspired my The Story Siren and Pop Culture Junkie, where we share with you the books that we have bought, borrowed or bagged (won or gifted) plus a recap of the previous week's reviews, upcoming reviews, on going events and book movie or television news. BB&B is an homage Barron's Books & Baubles from Karen Marie Moning's smash hit series, Fever.

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Big & Small

I so happy that I don't have to wait long to experience THE MARTIAN. Everyone's mad gushing over the bestselling novel and as sci-fi isn't my favorite genre, I'll patiently wait for the movie instead and it looks like it's not going to be a long one. 20th Century Fox moved up the release date from the original November 25 to October 2, 2015.

Based on a best-selling novel, The Martian features a star-studded cast that also includes Jessica Chastain (Interstellar, Zero Dark Thirty), Kristen Wiig (Welcome to Me, The Skeleton Twins), Kate Mara (“House of Cards,” Fantastic Four), Michael Pena (Fury, End of Watch), Jeff Daniels (“The Newsroom,” Dumb and Dumber To), Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave, Children of Men) and Donald Glover (“Community,” Mystery Team).

Great haul, Braine! I got Lair of Dreams last week, so this week, I went ahead and bought The Diviners. I hope we'll both enjoy this series!Velvet Undercover looks really good, too, and so does Angel Lover.Have a wonderful weekend and happy reading.

I listened to The Martian on audio and loved it. It isn't much my genre either. I never would've picked it up if it wasn't so highly recommended by bloggers I trust. I didn't realize they moved the date up. Good to know. Thanks. :-)